Returns the color specification parsed from
the color string or parsed from the corresponding string found in a color-name
database.

color_in_out

Specifies the pixel member that indicates the color
cell to query. The color specification stored for the color cell is returned
in this XcmsColor structure.

color_screen_return

Returns the color that
can be reproduced on the screen.

color_string

Specifies the color stringSt.

result_format

Specifies the color format for the returned color specifications
(color_screen_return and color_exact_return arguments). If the format is
XcmsUndefinedFormat and the color string contains a numerical color specification,
the specification is returned in the format used in that numerical color
specification. If the format is XcmsUndefinedFormat and the color string
contains a color name, the specification is returned in the format used
to store the color in the database.

ncolors

Specifies the number of XcmsColor
structures in the color-specification array.

The XcmsQueryColor
function obtains the RGB value for the pixel value in the pixel member
of the specified XcmsColor structure and then converts the value to the
target format as specified by the result_format argument. If the pixel is
not a valid index in the specified colormap, a BadValue error results.
The XcmsQueryColors function obtains the RGB values for pixel values
in the pixel members of XcmsColor structures and then converts the values
to the target format as specified by the result_format argument. If a pixel
is not a valid index into the specified colormap, a BadValue error results.
If more than one pixel is in error, the one that gets reported is arbitrary.

XcmsQueryColor and XcmsQueryColors can generate BadColor and BadValue
errors.

The XcmsLookupColor function looks up the string name of a color
with respect to the screen associated with the specified colormap. It returns
both the exact color values and the closest values provided by the screen
with respect to the visual type of the specified colormap. The values are
returned in the format specified by result_format. If the color name is
not in the Host Portable Character Encoding, the result is implementation-dependent.
Use of uppercase or lowercase does not matter. XcmsLookupColor returns
XcmsSuccess or XcmsSuccessWithCompression if the name is resolved;
otherwise, it returns XcmsFailure. If XcmsSuccessWithCompression is
returned, the color specification returned in color_screen_return is the
result of gamut compression.

Some numeric value
falls outside the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific
range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by the argument's
type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate
this error.